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CHICAGO STRIKE CONTINUES.
President Shea Says Struggle Will
Go On.
An adjustment of the Chicago team
sters' strike by mediation seems as re
mote as it did two months ago. Peace
negotiations begun last week, which
promised to bring about an amicable
adjustment of the difficulty, have been
abandoned for the present at least and
the strike will be allowed to take its
natural course, according to President
Shea of the teamsters' union. A nat
ural course means one of two things,
either a spread of the strike or a de-
feat for the union, as all business firms
now involved in the trouble absolutely
t refuse to concede anything further in
the controversy or to bring about a
settlement.
"Peace negotiations are off for all
time," said Levy Mayer, chief counsel
for the employers, tonight. "We are ab
solutely finished with ail conferences
with the strikers. The only way that
a settlement can be reached now is
for the strikers to acknowledge de
feat"
Shea's Explanation.
"The employers blocked a settlement
last night," said President Shea today.
"Their objection to the men wearing
union buttons and a refusal to agree
not to discriminate against the strikers
was all that prevented the calling off
of the strike. We feel that our posi
tion is as strong as it was a month
ago. and we are not going to give In
now that we believe the struggle prac
tically won."
ENORMOUS COST OF WAR.
Russia $10,000,000 a Week—Japan
Somewhat Less.
The war between Russia and Japan
has been going on a little less than 16
months and has increased the debt of
the two countries at least $1,000,000,
--600. According to an estimate made
some time ago, the direct cost of the
war to Russia was about $10,000,000 a
week, which would give the total up to
this time at a little less than $700,000,
--000. Undoubtedly, however, the cost
of ihe war has increased since that
estimate was made, so that very likely
the above amount has been exceeded,
possibly by fully $100,000,000.
Japan's war expenditure has been
somewhat less than that of Russia, due
in part to the fact that she did not
have to transport her armies and mili
tary supplies so long a distance. More
over, Japan has not bought supplies
abroad on so large a scale as Russia,
and thus effected a considerable sav
ing. The Japanese soldier does not re
quire as much food as the Russian, and
the commissary department of a great
army is a tremendous source of ex
pense. As to munitions of war the ex
penditures of the two countries have
probably been about equal, though Ja
pan is understood to have manufac
tured at a small cost a considerable
part of what she has used. Doubtless
a reasonable estimate of the pecuniary
cost of the war to Japan is $700,000,
--000, making for the two nations ap
proximately $1,500,000,000,
But the money cost of the conflict
is inconsequential in comparison with
the loss of life and the want and suf
fering which this means to hundreds
of thousands of widows and orphans.
This is the deplorable aspect of the
war which is moving the civilized
world to urge tuat the destructive con
flict be terminated.
SHIPS ESCAPE TO MANILA.
Cruisers Aurora, Oleg and Jemtchug
Arrive.
Manila. —Rear Admiral Enquist, who
was commander of the heavy cruiser
squadron of the Russian fleet, arrived
in the bay on board his flagship, the
protected cruiser Aurora, accompanied
by the protected cruisers Oleg and
Jemtchug. Ail the vessels were more
or less damaged and there were many
wounded men on board. Rear Admiral
Train, on board his flagship, the Ohio,
with the Wisconsin, Oregon, Raleigh
and Cincinnati, was outside Corregi
dor islands maneuvering when the Au
rora saluted with 13 guns and the
Ohio answered.
Admiral Train and his squadron ac
companied the Russian vessels to Ma
nila.
Makes Move Toward Peace.
Baron d'Estournellos de Constant,
sena'or and a member of The Hague
arbitration tribunal, is about to sub
mit a motion to the French parlia
mentary group favoring arbitration,
asking that the French government
join with the government of Great
Britain in offering their good offices
to Russia and Japan under the terms
of The Hague convention.
Hoke Smith Out for Office.
Hoke Smith, secretary of the inte
rior under President Cleveland, and
at one time editor of the Atlanta Jour
nal, announces himself as a candidate
for governor of Georgia.
Nebogatoff Dislikes Parole.
Rear Admiral Nebogatoff Is not like
ly to sign his parole.
A lot of people know more than they
can find out.
A SCULPTURED ROCK.
In the westeru part of Persia stands
the rock of Bthlatttß, which means the
"Place of the Clods." It ia an lm-
DItDM cliff rising 1.7(»0 feet out of the
level plain. On this huge rock King
Darius the Great left to posterity the
record of his mighty deeds. Far up
the granite face, 500 feet from the
ground, the nnclent Kttlpton, obeying
the royal command, did tholr work,
und did it ho well that it exists almost
unimpaired to the present day. Pro
fessor Jackson of Columbia University
has recently paid n visit to Rehistun.
An account of his experience is Riven
In the New York Times.
It was early in the morning when
Professor Jackson, after four days In
the saddle, first sighted the great sen
tinel of stone that was to be the scene
of his exciting labors in the cause of
science. At noon the party reached
the base of the rock and established
their Camp. The day had been hot,
but the night brought a keen chill.
High above the little huts of the dwell
era BehistUD pushed its cloud-enpped
head into the purple,star-studded dome
of the Persian night.
Before dawn the professor and his
party wore stirring. The caravan In
cluded flvo Persian guides, experts in
climbing. Inch by Inch they crept up
the stone. Every tiny crack, every
knob of rock yielded service to their
nimble toes and lingers. As they
wormed and wriggled their way up
ward they pulled Professor Jackson
after them with ropes of hair. The
breaking of a rope or the slipping of a
tired hand or foot might have sent the
whole party to death; but the ascent
■was accomplished without accident,
and at last the climbers throw them
selves, exhausted, on the narrow ledge
that runs along the base of the. in
scription made by Persia's great king.
An inspection of the work of the an
cient artists showed tljwtt a consider
able space had been chiseled into
smoothness. This continued two rows
of tablet inscriptions in three lan
guages. A large tablet of sculptured
figures shows Darius pronouncing judg
ment on ten captive kings.
Professor Jackson spent four days
upon the rock, making as minute an
examination as possible. The upper
tablets were beyond roach, and he
begged the guides to allow him to use
a ladder. This they stoutly refused on
account of a high wind which \v;ia
blowing at the time. The professor
copied, collated and verified the in
scription, and took a number of photo
graphs of the tablets. These he se
cured by leaning out backward over
the precipice, held in midair by the
guides.
. The writings of the great king end"
with a malediction pronounced upon
the head of him who shall destroy the
record. Darius has returned to dust,
but no one has dared to bravo the
malediction. Only a cataclysm of im*
ture or the blowing of the wind or the
driving of the rnlu will efface this tale
of mighty deeds.
Horse-Power Versus Man-Power.
Easterly from Bath, Me., among the
coast islands, runs a crooked and in
tricate channel, through which ply
Bruall steamers carrying freight and
passengers as far as Boothbay Har
bor. There ard many bays and nar
rows along the way, and the confused
tides beget unruly currents which have
given the channel the name of "Hell
Gate Passage."
A "resorter" living near the Booth
bay end of the route received word
last summer that some friends would
be down on the Sunday boat from
Boston, reaching Bath in the evening.
Unfortunately there was no small
steamer connecting with it, and no
way for them to come over till Mon
day. Not wishing to leave them to the
tender mercies of a hotel, the resorter
applied to a neighboring native for
aid.
"Captain Hiram," he said, "can I
get you to go over to Bath, Sunday
evening, with your launch, to meet
some friends and bring them over?"
Captafn Hiram reflected. He want
ed to oblige, but he hated to go.
"Well, now, Mr. Barton," he said
at last, "I tell you how it is. You
come to git over there to upper Hurl-
Get, and they's some consid^able of
a tide makes up through there, come
to git it a-headin' you. I ain't only
got seven horse-power in my lunch,
and I dunno as she'd really go up
against that. I don't really believe
I'd care to try to go through upper
Hurl-Get with only jest seven horse
power. But I'll tell you what I will
do. {'11 lend you my dory if you want
lo row over."
Only the Truth.
"Tell me, Mulligan, phwat hos be
come of yez ould friend, Murphy?"
'Thoy» the lasht toime Ol sane him
he wor making trucks."
"Yez don't sac. Wor some wan af
ter blmr
"No, he wor wurkln* In a steel rail
mill."
Start out in the morning with a
strong, healthy resolution to be good,
and you will find It la walking laiu«
by noon.
THE TREATpF TREATING,
Beason of the Sc&inlng Follies of th«
Wretchedly l»or.
A charity wort jr, new to her task,
was recently holt] forth In tones of
despair edged Wl I exasperation upon
the follies of the "Tory pour In expendi
ture. VJ
"Sometimes it'k, moneylike the
birthday party forUho twins that used
up half the sum | collected for Mrs.
Mooney to carry hbr through the win
ter; and sometimes it's laborilka
that poor little vtak-chested sear.i
stress, Mrs. Fresnlau, sitting up two
Whole nights to wo|k on the dress he;
Marie graduated < ftorn the grammar
school in; but the koollshneea of it is
enough to drive, a body wild! And they
can't seem to see how crazy it Is.
Sometimes they half apologize if they
see you disapprove, and sowH'tinies
they stiffen up and get vexed, us if
you were impertinent to criticise. But
either way they're not realty sorry,
and you know they'd do it again. It's
beyond my comprehension how grown
people can be so childishly uncalculat
ing."
"Is It?" said an older woman. "It's
trying, I know, nnd often there seems
no excuse, but I think I understand.
I think you would have understood,
too, if you'd been at the Best Home
with us last weak, when Mrs. BurlM
was there. You know her, poor tiling!
— a hard-working chorewomau with m
large family, sent down for a hit of
vacation nfter six weeks In hospital
with a bad ankle, to bruce her up a
bit before going back to the everlast
ing drudgory of ber life. Well, there
was trouble from the first, and what
do you suppose It was? She wouldn't
nst, and she would freeze the Ice
cream for a household of fifteen peo
ple.
"One day I found her rocking-chair
empty on the piazza and hoard th'»
freezer going, and 1 started in pursuit.
I found her wi'h . U the children of
the place round her in a ling, f:tirl.<
wriggling with anticipation, while nix
laughed and ground, wincing and
changing position every other minute
to ease the ankle that was still too
weak to stand on comfortably. She
looked guilty; and when I asked if she
had broken the Ice herself she pro
tested that 'It bnrk that aJsy a baby
cud ha' bruk it wld a rattle.'
"I pointed to tbe heavy Ice-pick and
old croquet mallet she had been using,
and shook my head, telling her with
mock severity, 'Back you go to your
rocking-chair, Mrs. 8., thia instant
minute!'
" 'Ah, no, ma'am, that I don't,' she
answered, laughing; >' too, -but-keeping
her hold on the crank. 'Here's the
ehildher waiting for the scrapings
whin the dasher comes out, don't you
see, and If s me that promised to tea
there was fair sharing and no fight
ing. You'd niver have me break me
worrud to thim, the darlints, now
would you, ma'am? Ah, sure, the
rocking-chair's a treat for me bones,
'tis thrue, and looking off yon piazzy
over thlm miles of green counthry is
a treat to me eyes, but 'tis the treat
of treating the childher that's good
for me heart.'"
There are many llko her. They
spend their money, thpy spend their
strength, and they often spend both
unwisely; but, after all, it is because
tfenorosity and hospitality are necessi
ties of their hearts, as fuel and food
and clothes are of their bodies. To
poor people of that kind a word of dis
suasion from a warm-hearted friend
may often be of the greatest service,
but never the cold warning <*r c:ifc
cism of a would-be helper, however
sensible and practical, who cannot
herself understand "the treat of treat
ing."—-Youth's Companion.
Ancestry of the Horso.
Professor Lydekker, in Knowledge
and Scientific News, discusses, in
gome detail, the origin of the modern
horse. He finds that the horse of neo
lithic times was not specifically dis
tinct from the horse of the present.
While there is no doubt that the horse
of that period was uaed by man for
food, there seems to be no conclusive
evidence as to whether it was domes
ticated or not. His own opinion, how
ever, is that it was probably domesti
cated. The horse of that time was
closely allied to the tarpan, or semi
wild horse, that lived In southern Rus
sia up to a century ego. This was a| Coffee Frnppe.
"hog-maned," short-legged, large-head-1 Make very strong black roftVe nn.l
ed beast It seems probable that the sweeten to taste. Set asi'le until cold
domesticated horses of the Germans' Rn & to six cups of it allow the beaten
of Caesar's time were derived from whites of two eggs. Turn into a
this breed. The Egyptians had horses f re ezer and grind vi.til frozen, bit not
as early as VJOO H. C. Those were very gt iff. Serve in chilled gIAMM
long-maned, more like the Arab horses w njj spoo ns.
and came from Assyria. Where the
Assyrians obtained them la unknown, Potato Butter,
but it was probably from southern I Cut onions and potatoes into Rli'.-es.
Asia, where this long-nianed breed fry i n oil or butter, fill a pie-dish with
has been developed, Jn all probability, them. Make a batter from whole meal,
as the result of long-oontinued domes- e gg and milk, pour over and bake for
tlcatlon. Our modern horse is a cross an hour. Tills Is a rich, satisfying and
between these two breeds, with a fur- nutritious dish.
ther mixture of tbe Arab horse. Thi* !
Arab horse, too, was itself a descend-1 short Suggestion*,
ant of the earlier long-raanod borse. | To remove iron stains on marble
The origin of the long-raaned horse U apply to them a mixture of oxalic i id
a matter of doubt, but Professor Ly- and methylated spirits, leave it on a
iekker thinks It may have been from »hort time and then rub dry with a
an extinct Indian species. | c i o th. Lemon Juice will sometime*
Many a light-weight man has a remove the staina.
heavy-weight air about him. I Lamb chops are delicious If d)>:>«4
In lemon juice Just before broillnc
try , ■ |
Lunch Cuke.
Take quarter pound butter, «ix
ounces sugar, three-quarters teaeup
ful milk, three-quarters teaspoonful
baking powder, throe-quarters pound
flour, quartex pound raisins, two eggs,
one and a half teaspoonfuls mixed
splco, quarter teaspoonful tartaric acid.
Put the butter and nugar Into a basin
and boat with a woodon spoon till soft
and creamy looking, then add the eggs
well beaten and mix, then the milk.
Mix the flour and spices, tartaric acid
and smln, a-Id them, and beat well.
Have the raisins stoned, add them, and
pour Into a cake tin that has been
greased and floured. Bake in a mod
erate oven for about one hour, till
tirm.
Tomato Cntm.p.
Tut the stem ends from a pock of
tomatoes and boil until vory soft. Hub
&rst through a colander, then througn
o sieve. Put in the preserving kettle
with a tnblospoonful each of so It,
ground black pepper, powdered dores
and celery seed (the Spices tied up in
a cheesecloth bag), a teaspoonful of
cayenne and three tablosponofuls of
ground mustard. Boil for six hours,
stirring occasionally. During the last
hour of the six stir almost continu
ously. Pour into a stone Jar until
cool, then add a pint of good vinegar.
Tnke out the spice bag, bottle, cork
und seal. Seep in a dark, cool place.
A Quick Dessert.
When an emergency arises whore a
dessert must be prepared quickly, open
a cun of peaches, apricots, raspberries
or any available fruit. Tut it in a
rather large kettle with a close-lltting
cover. While it is heating mix one
pint of prepared flour with one beaten
egg and one scant cupful of milk. Drop
this like dumplings in a stew over the
fruit, cover closely and steam from ton
to fifteen minutes. Unless the fruit is
juicy, there is danger that it will burn
on the kettle while the dumplings are
cooking. Serve the dumplings and
fruit together with sugar and cream
or with a hard sauce.
Split Pea Poup.
Bonk a quart of split peas over
night in a large kettle. In the morn*
ing pour off the water and rinse, cover
with three pints of water and put on
the fire, with a spoonful each of salt
and sugar and two cloves of garlic.
Do not omit the garlic. Remember
the bane of American cookery li lack
Of flavor. If you have a ham bone or
a chicken bone to put in, ro much the
better. Let the soup simmer for sev
eral hours on the back of the stove;
then add one or two cupfuls of milk,
a bit of butter and a dash of popper,
and it is ready to serve.
Potatoes and Bacon.
A delicious breakfast or lunoh^ou
dish is potatoes stewed with tender
bacon. Cut the bacon info large dice
and fry until very slightly colored.
The bacon should not be allowed to
crisp. Drain and mix with creamed
potatoes prepared in the usual mau
ner, that is, cut in cubes, und warra.?d
in a rich cream sauce. Let the potu
toes and bacon simmer for a few mo
ments before serving, that the two
flavors may have a chance to mingle.
Sprinkle with minced parsley.
Fruit Salad.
Blanch a cupful of shelled English
walnuts by covering with boiling
water and standing thus until tho
pklns slip off easily. Skin and let tho
nuts get cold. Cut the lobes of five
oranges Into bits. Cut three siloes of
pineapple Into small dice. Seed oaro
fully two dozen large Malaga grapes.
Mix all those ingredients together,
heap In a glass dlah linod wiih crisp
lettuce leavea and cover with a good
French or mayonnaise dressing. Serve
very cold.
CHARM OF THE UNEXPECTED.
#on a Heartbroken Lore* Was Lifted
From the Depths of Despair. ■" ' .
Once there was a man who quarreled
with his fiancee. It was a hasty quar
rel, which he heartily ivpented at lei
sura The more he thought It over, th«
more heartbroken he became.
lie tormented himself with the mem
ory of her beauty, her charm, her gen
tle, confiding ways, and made himself
us miserable as possible in contemplat
ing what he had lost.
'Alas! It was my own fault," he la
mented. "I alone am to blame. Curse
DM for the fool that I was! I might
I i\ • known that Isabel was not the
*ort to stand any trifling like a weaker
woman. Oh, I never loved her half
W dearly as now that I have lost Jber.
1 would grovel at her feet, but of what
nvnil all my pleading* and excuses! If
< ily I dared to write! Oh, my Isabel,
lay love-—my only love!"
overcome by remorse and despair,
ho sank down at his desk and mechan
ically took up bis pen.
At that moment a Idud knock at the
door announced tho postman and a let
ter fell l>efore his astonished gaze.
Oh. Joy, to think that she had writ
ten him a line, a word! With trem
bling fingers the man broke the goal
and read:
"Oh, Reginald. I enn bear it no long
er—this estrangement, this Bllenoel
Come to me, dearest, or at least send
me a line, a word! I beg it of you, for
my heart is breaking. Forgive my
hasty words, my foolish, Jealous pride,
for I have bitterly repeated. Blame
me, reproach me if you will —I can
bear anything but your coldness, your
neglect Only come, beloved, come! to
your loving, longing. ISABEL."
And lo! The suffering man leaned
back in his chair, smiled, yawned, and
complacently lighted a fresh Havana.
Ills pallor had disappeared and his
hand no longer trembold. Ills oye»
were dry.
Reaching for pen and ink, he scrib
bled a hasty note:
"My Dear Isabel: Yours received.
Kindly remember that you have only
yourself to thank for the late unpleas
antness. I will overlook this one oc
casion, but trust thnt in th» future
you will exercise a little more common
sense If you still wish me to Bign
myself your friend,
"REGINALD."
After which he went for a stroll in
the park.—Town Topics.
ASLEEP ON A MIDAIR LEDGE.
Window Washer Rndcly Aronaed Front
Perch on the Eighteenth Story.
Frank Brandenburg, a window clean*
er, who says he has a peculiar fond
ness for high altitudes, selected a nov
el place to sleep as a result of a picnic
which he attended. Shortly before
noon several pedestrians and tenants
of office buildings in the neighborhood
of the City Hall, who were watching
the progress of the clouds overhead,
caught sight of a man's arm and one
foot hanging over the window ledge of
the eighteenth story of the American
Tract Society building at Nassau and
Spruce streets.
Closer Investigation showed that the
owner of the arm and foot was evi
dently asleep on the ledge and was
supporting his head with his left hand.
Spectators feared to shout or try to
arouse him by throwing anything in
his direction lest the shock of being
suddenly awakened might cause him
to roll off. The janitor of the build
ing was notified and a trip by elevator
was made to the eighteenth floor.
There it was found that Brandenburg
was reposing opposite office No. 1017,
which was vacant. The door of the
room was opened and ths jacUor, rush
ing over to the window, seized the
man by the collar and one leg and hus
;led him Inside.
"I was Just going to get up and
wash some more windows," said the
sleeper. "I only dozed off a minute or
two because I felt weary. I'm apt to
full asleep easily, anyway, when I get
high up In the air and begin to drink
In the landscape for miles around.
There's something about the sensation
that serins to dull my senses and
force me to close my eyes. Some fel
lers get dizzy and topple over when
thpy are high up in the air, but not so
with me. I like It and always feel
perfectly at home. I'd have been all
right if you'd only let me alone."—
New York Tim^s.
la thu Domestic- Calendar.
"Do you think it Is right that I
should alwaj-s have to take my turn
to dust on 'back-leg day'?" Inquired
Myrtle Ames, indignantly, of her
mother.
"Of all the days in the calendar
which la 'back-leg day'?" said the be
wildered mother.
"When vacation began, mother, and
you told us girls we must dust the
parlor every day," Myrtle explained,
breathlessly, "Ethel and Alice said we
would dust the back legs of the furni
ture only once a week. I agreed to the
plan, and now they always make me
dust on 'back-leg day.' Is that fair?"
"No, not to me," replied Mrs. Ames,
"bat we will make it so, and hence
forth every day will be 'back-leg
day.'"
A bird In the bath b«ats tw« ta ta»
baud- for ilnglng.